Patient Centered Care

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The healthcare industry is committed to improve the quality of healthcare, patient safety, and cost effectiveness. One of the aims for improving healthcare in the United States as specify by IOM (Institute of Medicine) is to ensure patient centered care: an individualized care that is respectful of patients’ preferences, needs, and values (IOM 2001). Patient centered care ensure continuity of care and promote satisfaction with improved treatment. (Ventres & Frankel, 2010). In addition, the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) continues to grow in healthcare facilities around the country. EHR has potential to improve the care patients receive as patients’ information is readily available to the healthcare team for improved coordination